English National Ballet to Tour Australia, Summer 2012

The world-renowned English National Ballet will tour to Australia for an exclusive season in Sydney at The Concourse, Chatswood, from Friday 8 June to Sunday 17 June, 2012.

Under the leadership of Artistic Director, Wayne Eagling, this highly respected European company will present a programme ideally suited to young and old in the intimate 500 seat theatre at The Concourse. The English National Ballet was established in the 1950s and has since emerged as one of the foremost touring companies in Europe. This internationally acclaimed classical ballet company tours both nationally and worldwide.

The programme, accompanied by a live orchestra, will open with George Balanchine’s heartstoppingly beautiful Apollo and close with Serge Lifar’s spectacular bravura piece, Suite en Blanc. These two great classics will frame a selection of favourite pas de deux, Manon, Don Quixote & Trois Gnossiennes, featuring the company’s stars.

Suite en Blanc was described by its choreographer, Serge Lifar, as “a real parade of stars”. A plotless display of classical technique, with strict emphasis on the perfection of line, the ballet was created in 1943 to showcase the virtuosity and elegance of the Paris Opera Ballet. With its white costumes against an inky black setting, the ballet remains a stunning showcase of dance, as glittering and exhilarating as its first performance nearly seven decades ago.

For more information, visit www.theconcourse.com.au/enb.